I'm not sure if this is the correct section for my problem, if mods need to move it then please do so.

Lately I have been experiencing a problem with my remote keypad. On more than 3 occassions I had the red transmitter light stay on.

The first time this happened I took it to Ford, the guy opened the keypad housing and took the battery out and checked the buttons and circuit board, all seems well and reinstalled the battery.

Red light transmitter functioned correctly, I was told I might have had something laying against the terminals....4 times this happened and each time I done what the Ford guy did,,,there was no debris or any foreign item inside the circuit.

Last 5 days I find the remote keypad not opening the boot from outisde of vehicle but will do when from the inside of vehicle from the rear door entrance. At other times I have no transmission light.

Has anyone had a similar problem to this and what was the cause?

I wonder if the remote keypad battery is on it's way out and needs replacing or would it be the keypad itself playing up.

Was the battery renewed or just reinstalled? In my experience, the old smartlock (ED-AU1) remotes do all kinds of weird things when the battery is nearly flat. So even if yours is an AU2/3 (Smartshield) I wouldn't be surprised if that had something to do with it.

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dc_todd wrote:

Cheap pads squeal like cheap hookers, and you can take that to the bank.

I've replaced the keypad battery and works good a few times and now goes back to what it was again.

Sometimes the transmitter light does not work, other times it does. Each tiem it does not light up. I open the remote keypad housing, remove the battery, give it a blow and wipe and reinsert. Replace cover and works good again.

Getting a bit monotenous now. What is the lifespan of Keypads? Or maybe the keypad is starting to fail. Keypad is 18 months old. Ford service centre could not see anything wrong with it (so they say).

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